Rail-base and metal cross-tie for railway-tracks.



M, A. & H. G. TEMPLE. RAIL BASE AND METAL (moss TIE EOR RAILWAY TRACKS.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1901. 920,689

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BAIL-BAEE AND NIE'TAL GROSS-TIE FOR RAILWAY-TRACKS.

Application filed June 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MURRAY A. TEMPLE and HARRY C. TEMPLE both citizens of the 3 United States, and, respectively, residents of Berlin Heights, Erie county, Ohio, and Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, have invented a new and Improved T? .il-Base and Metal Cross-Tie for ailway-Tracks of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objects of this invention are to provide a resilient, continuous rail base for he rails of a railroad track, and angle iron tie bars therefor, dispensing with wooden cross ties and a'fiording longitudinal and transverse supports beneath the rails that are very durable, inexpensive, adapted to hold the track rails from spreading or creeping, and prevent a derailed car or cars from leaving the road bed, thus obviating the danger of serious accidents which result from such a cause.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter described and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a railroad bed, two track rails, a transverse sectional view of two spaced rail bases ofimproved construction whereon the track rails are mounted and secured, and an angular tie bar whereon the rail bases are seated and clamped; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view in part of the improved rail base, two

and a side view of a portion of a track rail iounted upon the rail base, the section being substantially on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a partly sectional and partly perspective view, substantially on the line 33 in Fig. 2, showing part of a track rail seated on the improved rail base, and the latter on the transverse angular tie bar whereon it is clamped by means that hold the rail upon the base plate, and Fig. 4: is a plan view of the improved rail base plate in part, and of a track rail clamped thereon.

The invention may be used in connection with the track for a trolley railway or for a railroad employing T-rails for support of the Specification of Letters Patent.

improved angle bars embedded in the-ballast, i

Patented May 4, 1909.

1907. Serial No. 377,728.

rolling stock, and is illustrated in connection j with T-rails that may be of any preferred height and weight.

The rail-supporting base plate, that is the most essential feature of the invention, consists of a flat metallic slab of iron or steel 5, having a suitable width and thickness, each rail A, that receives support from said rail base plates, being mounted upon two of the latter that are disposed longitudinally beneath the rail and together nearly equal the entire length of the track rail, there being slight gaps between adjacent ends of the rail base plates to permit their expansion endwise without danger of buckling, during the summer season.

An upright flange 5" is formed along one side edge of each rail base plate 5, and when in position for service these flanges on the base plates are alined and positioned between the track rails A at a suitable distance from each track rail, thus leaving a space heappears clearly in Fig. 1.

Co-acting with the improved rail base plates 5, are a plurality of tie bars 6, these similar tie bars being formed of metal, either iron or steel, and being L-shape in cross section, the flange (5 on each tie bar being disposed in a vertical plane when in position for service, as represented in Figs. 2 and 8.

A suitable number of the cross tie bars 6 are disposed transversely below the rail base plates 5, preferably at equal distances apart, and rest upon a bed of ballast B, that may be gravel or broken stone, in which said tie bars are embedded as shown in Fig. 2,thus permitting the base plates 5 to rest upon said ballast. The track rails A are held in posi tion on the rail base plates 5 by clamps 7, which are arranged in duplicate oppositely and above each transverse tie bar 6, said clam s having perforations that are alined with ike erforations in the rail base plates 5 and ang e bars 6. The perforations in the clamps 7, base plates 5 and angle bars 6, re ceive clamping bolts 8 that have square heads a and are provided referably with hexagonal nuts 8 The re ative positions of the clamping bolts 8 serve to dispose their heads a so that one side of each head will be close to the de ending flange 6 on the tie bar 6, which wil prevent the bolts from turning when the nuts 8 are adjusted upon the bolt ends and bear upon the clamps 7.

It may here be explained that where curves occur on the line of railway, the rail base plates 5 are proportioned in length to suit that of the curved track rails, and are disposed at an angle to each other so as to give propersupport to the track rails.

The flanges 5, that are spaced apart in two series between the track rails A, afford abutments against which the ballast B is embedded, as shown in Fig. 1, and obviously the mass of ballast disposed between the flanges will hold the tracx rails .arallel with each other. The flanges 6 on t e tie bars'6, being firmly embedded in the ballast B, will. prevent the track rails A from creeping end wise, so that the rails of the track are held in place laterally and also longitudinally, in ex act gage, but free to expand and contract as changes in temperature may require.

The peculiar construction and arrangement of the rail base plates 5, provide a resilient support for the track rails, and said base plates may be disposed in such order beneath the track rails as to break oints with the joints of the latter, and thus prevent sagging of the ends of the rails, that is an objectionable feature incidental to ordinary track rail supports.

A unique feature of advantage is aflorded by the provision of the upright flanges 5 which, from their position between the spaced track rails, are adapted to impinge upon the flanges of car wheels on a car that leaves the track, and thus serve to prevent the car from passing laterally oil of the road bed. These guarding flanges, by keeping the car or cars on the road bed, will prevent serious accidents that would be liable to occur should the car or cars be upset after they leave the road.

In the improved construction, the road bed is smooth, and no impediment is pre sented to the free travel of the car wheels thereover if a car leaves the track from any cause, so that jar and injury to rolling stock is surely prevented, and the return of the car to the track rails may be more readily effected.

It is claimed for the improvement that a railroad constructed and arranged as hereinbefore described is devoid of unsightly projections, such as the ends of ties, and as a each a downwardlyprojecting flange, a means for securing the tie bars to the plates, and means in connection with such means for securing the rails to the plates.

2. A supporting means for track rails, comprising opposite series of alined flat metal base plates arranged end to end and in close proximity, and each having an up wardly extending flange along the inner side edge thereof, and tie bars connecting the opposite plates, and having their ends arranged therebeneath, a means for securing the tie bars to the plates, and means in connection with such means for securing the rails to the plates.

3. A supporting means for track rails, comprising opposite series of alined flat metal base plates arranged end to end and in close proximity, and each having an upwardly extending flange along the inner side edge thereof, and tie bars connecting the opposite plates, and having their ends arranged therebeneath, said tie bars having each a downwardly projecting flange, and means connecting the tie bars, the plates and the rails.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MU RRAY A. TEMPLE. HARRY G. TEMPLE.

Witnesses to the signature of Murray A. Temple:

E. G. RHOADS, l/VILLIAM H. LIPPER.

\Vitnesses to the signature of Harry G. Temple:

CARL KAUFMAN, LOUISE KAUFFMAN. 

